SJR 27 Summary

• Recognizes August 8, 2012, as "Are You Dense?" Day 2012 to raise awareness of breast density risks and supplemental screening tools
• Notes that 40 percent of women have dense breast tissue and face four to six times greater risk of developing breast cancer
• States that up to 75 percent of cancers are missed in women with dense breast tissue when using mammography alone, yet doctors discuss density with less than 9 percent of patients
• Encourages all state legislatures throughout the United States to recognize August 8, 2012, as "Are You Dense?" Day 2012
• Advocates for sharing breast density information with patients to enable informed screening decisions and earlier cancer detection